Northpointe Sermons

Last night's banquet got me thinking about Darth Vader. Yeah, I know, what does Darth Vader have to do with church anyway? That's what I thought to until I saw the clip I am about to show you. Just to give those of you who do not know much about Darth Vader and Star Wars, here's a summation... Anakin Skywalker was a youth who dreamed about being a Jedi Knight, a fighter for good and protector of the [...]

By Pastor Noelle Huether As we remember those who sacrificed their lives for our country, I also think about the families and friends of the fallen. I hear their stories as the watched the transformation of their loved ones from wild teenager to polished soldier. Many young recruits enter the military full of themselves with grand ideas of heroism. Some young recruits see the military as an escape. A place without Mom and Dad, but three meals a [...]

By Guest Speaker, Corina Huether Mom during the dark times When I was in late middle school, I went through a really dark and difficult time in my life. I think all teenagers go through this same period during their life, some early in their teens like me, some later in high school. I felt overwhelmed with everything that was going on in my life. I felt like nothing was going like it should and that there [...]

By Pastor Noelle Huether Past couple weeks we have been discussing our New Life In Jesus. One way to describe our new relationship with Jesus is to call it a "Walk" or a "Journey". Each of our relationships with God are different, look different, and they take us different places. God is such a gentleman and so limitless, that He will let you come as close to Him as YOU want. The closer we walk with Jesus, [...]

The Gift of New Beginnings (Week 5) MAIN IDEA: As Christians we can get a fresh start. We are not defined by our past, we are defined by who we are in Jesus. SCRIPTURE: Luke 5:27-32; Mark 10:17-27 INTRODUCTION I hate it when I make mistakes in the bulletin. I have a love hate relationship with autocorrect. I love it when it catches my typos and mistakes and fixes them. I am not so thrilled when it [...]

The Gift of Community (Week 4) MAIN IDEA: Christmas shared with others is God’s best plan for us. READ: Ephesians 2:17-2 INTRODUCTION Do you remember this tune? “I'll be home for Christmas, You can plan on me. Please have snow and mistletoe and presents on the tree. Christmas Eve will find me, where the love light gleams. I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams.”[1] The writer of this classic Christmas song shares his longing [...]

The Gift of Reconciliation (Week 3) Fixin What is Broken MAIN IDEA: Jesus reconciles what is broken with the gift of his grace, not ours. SCRIPTURE: Matthew 1:18-25 INTRODUCTION Don't we often find ourselves broken in life? We want things perfect and beautiful, but we get frustrated when the reality doesn’t match our expectation. Often the holidays can bring out the worst in our relationships even as we try to make it so perfect. The Bible can [...]

The Gift of Serving (Week 2) Serving others as Jesus served is one of the bests gifts we can give others and ourselves. Matthew 16:24-25; Acts 20:35; Matthew 20:28; Ephesians 2:10 A key question: Why do we have so much passion for things that really don’t matter at all and so little passion for the things that actually do matter? HOW TO GIVE YOURSELF AWAY ONE: Plan on Being Selfless – It starts with humility. “Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any [...]

The Gift of Satisfaction (Week 1) American families said they planned to spend about $929 on Christmas gifts Here’s the question: With all this spending are our lives any better? Experts think not. They indicate we are less and less satisfied: We are more likely to use of anti-depressants. It’s risen 400% in the last 10 years. We are more and more likely to zone out with gadgets than to interact with people. We work more and [...]

A lesson from Nehemiah 4 Today we want to examine Nehemiah 4 and see how an event that happened so long ago can still teach us life lessons today in this modern 2st century. Read Nehemiah 4:1-3 Did you read the sarcasm? The mockery and negativity from the opponents was palatable. Have you ever faced naysayers in your life? No matter what you are doing or in what century you live it isn't uncommon for us to [...]

The Name of Jesus Read Acts 14:10-12 Jesus is at the center of our Christian faith, but have you ever stopped to consider the multiple ways we Christians pronounce His name? In North America we call the Hebrew Messiah Jesus, but in Spanish speaking nations He is called Hesus. In other nations his name is pronounced even more differently in Latin it is Iēsus, then there is the Hebrew Yeshua. He is also known by other names. [...]

Missionary Outreach Sunday In today's Service we had various missionary agencies speak. Here is a sneak peek of some of the Christian organizations we chose to partner with for this upcoming year. Christian Women Job Core Christian Women’s Job Corps® and Christian Men's Job Corps® seek to equip women and men, in a Christian context, for life and employment. Through more than 200 registered and certified CWJC and CMJC sites across the nation, thousands of women and men each [...]